Rain Man
06-24-2006, 10:05 PM
Check out this site.
http://www.privateeye.com/
I'm too cheap to pay for it, but it gives you an initial free overview of what it's finding. I put my name in it, and (based on the cities provided in the overview), it's got my last 8 addresses, dating back almost 20 years.
Then I put in some friends, and it seemed to find a good record for them every time.
Then I put in my sister's maiden name, and it found a record for her even though she's been married for 20 years. When I put in her married name, it identified my dad as a possible relative even though her name has been different for 20 years and I can't imagine how they would be linked by any paperwork other than a birth certificate.
Then I put in the name of a friend of mine who is a prison psychiatrist and keeps his identity secret because of threats, and I found him.
Then I put in the names of some women I went to grad school with who were single at the time (a dozen years ago). My assumption was that they would be married by now, and I have no idea what their married names would be. It found them.
Then I put in the names of a couple of girls I went to high school with, under the same testing assumption as above but ten years further back, and it found them even with (in one case) two name changes.
Then I put in the names of Priest Holmes, Trent Green, and Willie Roaf, and it seemed to find records that match them.
Pretty cool.
http://www.privateeye.com/
I'm too cheap to pay for it, but it gives you an initial free overview of what it's finding. I put my name in it, and (based on the cities provided in the overview), it's got my last 8 addresses, dating back almost 20 years.
Then I put in some friends, and it seemed to find a good record for them every time.
Then I put in my sister's maiden name, and it found a record for her even though she's been married for 20 years. When I put in her married name, it identified my dad as a possible relative even though her name has been different for 20 years and I can't imagine how they would be linked by any paperwork other than a birth certificate.
Then I put in the name of a friend of mine who is a prison psychiatrist and keeps his identity secret because of threats, and I found him.
Then I put in the names of some women I went to grad school with who were single at the time (a dozen years ago). My assumption was that they would be married by now, and I have no idea what their married names would be. It found them.
Then I put in the names of a couple of girls I went to high school with, under the same testing assumption as above but ten years further back, and it found them even with (in one case) two name changes.
Then I put in the names of Priest Holmes, Trent Green, and Willie Roaf, and it seemed to find records that match them.
Pretty cool.